A5984 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes a system of merit selection of judges of the state's major trial courts instead of elections and for the designation of certain justices of the supreme court; affects certain courts including the supreme court, surrogate's court, the New York city civil court, the New York city criminal court and the district court.
- Title
- Makes provisions with respect to the manner of selecting judges and justices of the unified court system; repealer
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-30
- In committee
- Judiciary
- Introduced
- 2025-02-25
- Law section
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Sponsors
- Robert C. Carroll Assembly Member, District 44
Co-sponsors
- Amy Paulin Assembly Member, District 88
Heard in committee
- Judiciary NY State Assembly committee